digital marketer in the charity sector

Round-up of #SLDCM #1

We had the first south London digital charity meetup (catchy name pending) this week.

Chats about digital

Digital types from charities large and small gathered in the Coach & Horses in Clapham. Over wine, beer and burgers, a group of us chatted passionately about the most innovative campaigns and initiatives from charities we’ve seen, including:

#firstworldproblems from Water is Life

Depaul UK’s famous iHobo app:

And the ethically dubious but certainly innovative way of getting wifi hotspots at SXSW from homeless people:

Lots of questions were posed and debated – is crowdfunding just aggregating informal giving? Do you need a powerful CRM to know what actions your supporters have taken? And are people still even doing Twibbons? (“What is this, the 80s??”).

Thanks so much to everyone who came and contributed to the brilliant chats. Great suggestions have come through for the next one, which will be in late November or early December.